This was my favorite candy of the 80s hands down! I think the strawberry was even called Wild Strawberry? It was my favorite but I loved all 3! I have yet to find it that tasted like this did. The new Tangy Taffy is not the same thing.

I need to figure out how to make this stuff since it isn't being sold anymore. Anyone have any clues? I found a recipe for another discontinued favorite - Callard & Bowser Licorice Toffees that is very close to the original.. Now I just need one for Grape Tangy Taffy and I'll be set.

Here's the scoop. Tangy Taffy is still around. There are TWO types of Laffy Taffy. What you want is "Laffy Taffy Stretchy & Tangy". It's the same stuff as we ate in the 80's! I confirmed this with Nestle and have been eating it for the last few weeks!!
Hope that helps.

"Laffy Taffy Stretchy & Tangy" is not the same, I lived off of Tangy Taffy when i was a kid and tried "Laffy Taffy Stretchy & Tangy" and it is not the same. Laffy Taffy Stretchy & Tangy is bland and has none of the bite that Tangy had.

PaulH and some others are right. If you tried Laffy Taffy and it wasn't the same, you may have bought the wrong one. I'm not sure why they have 2 different recipes, but they do. You must buy the bar that is the same size you remember as a kid (about 2x6 inches, 1.5 oz.). It comes in Grape, Strawberry, Cherry, and Watermelon and has a picture of a goofy monster on the front. Grape and Cherry taste almost exactly like Tangy Taffy used to, but Strawberry and Watermelon seem to lack some of the bite they had. However, the smaller bars and the rope size taste the same as Laffy Taffy has always tasted even though you can buy some of the same flavors. Far to sweet and no "tangy".

I agree with Todd... the Orange flavor was my favorite as well and really hard to find back in those days. I was lucky to have a local convenient store growing up in a small town north of Boston that carried them. I remember the bars being a lot wider back then and the packaging being a white color. Fun memories!

Orange Tangy Taffy...wow...it was so good. At 32, I still pick-up some of the "Laffy Taffy" grape & cherry "bars" every once in a blue moon. I aggree with the above post that those two flavors seem to use the same recipes as back in the "Tangy" days. Too bad the Laffy folks won't bring back the orange-bar flavor...

I would buy these at the hospital snack bar near my house. In my mind it was about the same size as a Big Hunk bar. It was sour and stretchy but still very flavorful. I remember the sunshine guy on the wrapper and thought that was the manufacturer's logo. I've missed this candy more than once since then.

Recently my children asked what my favorite candy was as a kid. I told them cherry flavored Tangy Taffy. I immediately got a huge craving for the stuff. Thanks for the input above, but I hesitate to buy a huge box as I am afraid I will be disappointed. Anywhere local that I could still find it?

The only Laffy Taffy that is the same as Tangy Taffy is the Sparkle Cherry Cereza and it can still be found at Meijers gas stations. It has the crystal sparkles on it like the old ones used to and it is forkin delicious!

Wow, no one else I know eats this stuff. Thought I was the only one! I have to say that the big bars do taste to me like the old grape and cherry except the cherry one now has sprinkles on it which I can tolerate but would rather not have. I don't remember them ever having sprinkles but a poster said they used to. I just bought a strawberry one and never had that flavor before. I only remember them in grape and cherry. More and more gas stations are beginning to stock them now. Whenever I see them I always buy several.

I miss this stuff sooo much, I didn't know they stopped making it. I would go into all of the candy stores that sold throwback candy. Never did find it. Cherry and Watermelon. They were my favorite. Laffy Taffy...too waxy. Blah.

I just bought a Cherry Laffy Taffy and it is exactly the same as the old Cherry Tangy Taffy. I didn't want to believe it at first but, after a few bites, I am convinced it is the exact same formula (or very close).

Oh man Tangy Taffy was my favorite candy tooo! I would get one everytime we went to my brothers high school football games. Wow I haven't seen it in such a long time. I have tried all those other taffies but they just don't seem the same to me. They are ok but just not the same. I wish they would just bring it back just one more time exactly the same as back in the day.

I remember when I got the munchies and went to 7-11 and would buy watermelon and cherry - Take 2 each out of the wrappers and stack them together and twist at each end until it was like a rope. Bite off a piece so big I would drool - mmmm!

Laffy Taffy is NOT anything like Tangy Taffy, laffy taffy is too sweet, too thick and the flavors are not the same. Air Heads come closer but are still not right. Tangy Taffy was pressed super thin and had a tart quality to them, much like a Sweet Tart, The watermelon with (complete with seeds) was by far the best, followed by the Cherry.

We all need to come together and badger Wonka Co. to bring back the REAL stretchy tangy watermelon taffy WITH THE SEEDS!!! Come on guys, if we bother them enough I bet we can get it done! Go to the Wonka website, go down to the bottom and click 'contact us' and send them a comment. Tell them to bring it back!

I'm sooo sad that the company is out of business. My favorite was the cherry. It was the only thing I would get as a treat wherever we'd go. I made it last forever. Frozen would break in a hundred pieces. Is the Wonka Stretchy and Tangy cherry the same flavor? I dislike their laffy taffy. Perhaps someone could buy the recipe and reproduce it in the old-fashioned candy stores. I also loved marathon bars, remember those?

"Sunline was sold to Rowntree Mackintosh of the UK, which was then bought by Nestle. Nestle maintained the Sunline brand for a while and only recently has rolled the SweeTarts, Pixy Stix, and Lik-M-Aid into the Wonka brand, which already had a strong line of sugar candy, such as Tart 'n' Tinys, Nerds and Runts."
So Nestle does have the recipe. I wonder if they changed the recipe then if people do not agree that the big tangy bars are the same.

my grandma worked at the factory in st louis before they sold out. she would bring us tons of candy every year. i always loved putting the taffy in the freezer and after it was was frozen i would beat it on the counter until it was broke into pieces. miss the stuff so much. bought some lip smacker strawberry vanilla chap stick. smells just like the strawberry taffy. breaks my heart.

I just spent $30 on amazon buying a pack of the 1.5 oz "tangy & stretchy" grape bars. I can't wait for it o arrive. The grape laffy taffy is just gross! A dollar per bar seems steep, but it beats the gas station prices.

Laffy Taffy (Stretchy & Tangy) is very close to the old Tangy Taffy taste. However, the taste is not consistent. I recently bought four bars -- the large ones -- and three had that nice old school sour taste and one had the typical Laffy Taffy taste. From the same box. Anyway, the best old Tangy Taffy taste was orange which I haven't seen anywhere in over a decade.

The had a flavor blue raspberry with sprinkles which was my favorite. It was around the time when they had the monsters on the package. I wish i could recall but I don't remember every trying the orange flavor. For some reason I feel like the bars with the monsters on it were a lot bigger then for instance laffy taffy stretchy & tangy.

Tangy Taffey CHERRY for sure. It was the best. I used to buy it when I lived in California. I thought I would try and order some for this Oct 31, 2013. Ithought it would be a real treat for those who have never had it. Laffy Taffey is awful. Sad to read it's been discontinued.

All the flavors that I remember were: Grape, Cherry, Orange, Wild Strawberry, Chocolate, and my favorite was Peach. There were a couple more though but I don't remember them. I bought them every single day for years.

I just had a craving out of nowhere for some taffy I used to eat and couldn't remember the name of. All of sudden I remembered. I just looked online for it and this is what I found. :(. I believe it would be a good money maker to bring it back in its original form (exactly). Most candy doesn't taste the same anymore. Sadly! If anyone finds it please let me know!

I buy it at HEB and the sometimes you find it at random gas stations here in Texas. Her is where the confusion is, originally it was made by Ralston Purina out of St. Louis. Willy Wonka bought it out and started calling is Laffy Taffy. However, it is nothing like the small little Laffy taffy or the long skinny ropes of Laffy taffy. It is the original Tangy Taffy that we all know and love. It is in a long rectangular bar just like before. They have cherry, grape, strawberry, watermelon with and without seeds and strawberry banana. It is the same recipe as the original. I am a tangy taffy expert. Trust me! Sadly, no orange flavor which was one of my favorites as well.

They still sell it in cherry strawberry and grape. It's under the name Laffy taffy. The small laffy taffy's are sweet, and yucky. But the big bars are still tangy just like the original Tangy taffy. But does anyone around here remember when they had orange, and lemon flavors? Now THOSE were awesome!

I've been craving tangy taffy. U can't find it anywhere anymore. The last place that used to carry it was Wison Farms. A chain of little convenient stores. I miss it!! They always discontinue the good stuff

ya...big ones at the gas station are pretty close to the original TT... small ones are the same as the old laffy taffy...IMO no good. We used to take them, still in the wrapper and just room temp, and smack them on our desks in jr high...they would shatter into perfect pieces. Nostalgia at its best...